Anatoly Roshchin
Anatoly Alexandrovich Rosh Chin (Russian Анатолий Александрович Рощин, scientific transliteration Anatoly Aleksandrovich Roščin; born March 10, 1932 in Gawerdowo in Ryazan ) is a former Soviet wrestler.
Career
Rosh Chin began as a teenager with the rings. As the age of nineteen, he was drafted into the Red Army. Since he good training conditions found in the Red Army and saw good progress opportunities, he became a professional soldier. When Army Sports Club in Leningrad, where he was stationed, excellent trainer worked that slowly approach led to the Soviet Anatoly top of the heavyweight wrestler in the Greco- Roman style. First, he had in Ivan Bogdan, Anatoly and Sergei Parfenov Zaluski competitors at the national level, he could not defeat. In 1962, with already 30 years, he was the first time Soviet champion and this year began his international career, which should still be very successful. He won six medals at World Championships and managed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, his greatest triumph when he became Olympic champion in the heavyweight division. He was almost 40 years old. At the Olympic Games in 1964 and 1968, he had already won one silver medal behind the Hungary István Kozma, who so tragically in a traffic accident died later. Rosh Chin wrestled against Kozma six times Draws, in 1964 and 1968, but each time Kozma had a slightly better points ratio as Rosh Chin and was in those years Olympic champion. Even against Wilfried Dietrich, the German Olympic champion from 1960 was Rosh Chin four times on the mat, winning twice and wrestled twice against him draw.
After 1972, the officer stepped back into the Soviet Army Anatoly Rosh Chin from active wrestler sport.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =, GR = Greek and Roman. Styles, S = Heavy weight)